A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s2.30

v3.c43.s2.30

The treatise is primarily a nighaṇṭu, and, though it goes beyond the limits of medical terminology, the author wrote it for the sake of physicians, as appears from one of his introductory verses: “What can a valiant man do in a battle if he has no weapons? With regard to therapy the same holds true for a physician who has no (knowledge of) synonyms”.